How to Recover from Porn Addiction

If you’re asking how to recover from porn addiction, you might be feeling overwhelmed. Fighting any addiction, especially in the beginning, can feel insurmountable. But here’s the great news: you can recover from porn addiction. This is not a permanent part of who you are. You can fight this, and you can win.

Start Your Journey to Recovery

Tell someone about your porn addiction.

Do it now. This person doesn’t have to be your spouse or partner, (yet), but you do need to tell someone. Choose someone you trust. Someone you know will be supportive and kind. And tell them now. Secrets fester in the darkness. Throwing light on them brings so much relief and freedom. You can also talk to us to start your journey toward recovery.

Decide what you really want.

You can’t overcome an addiction unless you really want to overcome it. The desire to recover has to be yours. Not your spouse’s. Not your partner’s. Not your parent’s. Yours. The temptation may always be there, but the desire for something better and richer has to have a stronger pull. So what do you really want? Do you want porn? Or do you want a healthier relationship with your partner? Do you want lonely, sad solo-sex? Or do you want a fantastic, mutually satisfying sex life with someone you actually care about? The choice has to be yours.

Feed the right beast.

If two powerful beasts are engaged in a struggle, you’ve got to feed the beast you want to win. Feeding the right beast will ensure it ultimately wins the battle. It’s the same with porn. Starve the addiction, and you will start to gain ground. Once you choose to leave porn behind, your brain will actually start to heal. The pathways that porn carved into your brain can be healed and rerouted once porn is out of the picture.

Taking the first step toward recovery may be the hardest step. So you have to know that you can and will recover if you work hard and stick with it. There is hope. There is help. You can heal your brain, and you don’t have to do it alone.